ἐπιστατέω

A. ἐπεστάτηκα Michel 164.10 (Delos):—to be an ἐπιστάτης, to be set over, ποιμνίοις S. OT 1028, E. Fr. 188.4; ἡ ψυχὴ ἐ. τῷ σώματι Pl. Grg. 465d; ἐπιστήμη ἐ. τῇ πράξει Id. R. 443e; τῷ τοῦ νομοθέτου ἔργῳ Id. Cra. 390c, cf. 405d (but τέχνῃ according to art, Id. Plt. 293b): abs., Durrbach Choix d'inscrr. de Délos 159, PCair.Zen. 34.7; εἰ μὴ ἐπιστατοῖ τὸ τάττον Plot. 4.4.16.

2. . c. gen., to be in charge of, have the care of, τοῦ ἔργου Hdt. 7.22; ἔργων X. Mem. 2.8.3; ζῴων Id. Cyr. 1.1.2; τοῦ εἶναι οἵους δεῖ ib.8.1.16; τῆς παιδείας Pl. R. 600d; οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἂν ἔχοι τὸν χείρω τῶν βελτιόνων ἐπιστατεῖν Id. Prt. 338b; ὅλων τῶν πραγμάτων Isoc. 4.104; τῶν λαῶν σκληρῶς ἐ. Mnaseas 32; ἐ. νοσεόντων Hp. Praec. 6.

3. . stand by, aid, οὐ ψεῦδις μάρτυς ἕργμασιν ἐ. Pi. N. 7.49; Παιὼν τῷδ’ ἐπεστάτει λόγῳ A. Ag. 1248.

4. . rarely c. acc., attend, follow, τίς γάρ με μόχθος οὐκ ἐπεστάτει; S. Fr. 150.

5. . stand in the rear rank, Ascl. Tact. 10.15.

6. . notice, observe, Sch.Pi. O. 3.81.

II. . at Athens and elsewhere, to be ἐπιστάτης or president (in the βουλή and ἐκκλησία), freq. at the head of decrees, ἔδοξεν τῷ δήμῳ· . . Νικιάδης ἐπεστάτει Th. 4.118, cf. Ar. Th. 374, Lexap.And. 1.96, IG 12.10, al., Arist. Ath. 44.3; in other cities, SIG 279.1 (Zelea, iv B.C.), OGI 219.1 (Ilium, iii B.C.), etc.; προέδρων Inscr.Magn. 2, al.: generally, preside over, δικαστηρίων OGI 556.13 (Tlos).

2. . exercise the office of ἐπιστάτης 111.2, τοῦ Καίσαρος ναοῦ ib.555.2 (Oenoanda): abs., SIG 707.21 (Olbia, ii B.C.).